Where does “kärkyntä” come from?
kärkyntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärkkyä, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk.
kärkyntä (Finnish): hanging about, loitering
Ancestry of “kärkyntä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kärkkyä | to hang about for, to loiter; especially in... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | — |